TBH Ron is specifically asking Dan to make him stop, and currently using violence against Howard. It’s kind of a justified punch, or forgivable at least. And even though violence may not solve your depression, doing something is at least a start.

It’s not the violence that makes Danny better. It’s the reason behind the violence. Danny had no backbone and wouldn’t stand up for himself, let alone someone else. Now he’s punching a dude in the face because said dude is strangling an innocent human being, and more perhaps more importantly, refused to stop when asked nicely.

After all, the difference between violent Batman and the violent criminals he fights is the innocents that Batman stands up for.

I remember a law of explosions from another webcomic.
I present now the addendum to the Law of Increasing Explosions. The Law of Increasing Punches.
As the amount of punches increases in both strength and number, the amount of social situations that it can not successfully resolve falls to zero.

It’s the Back to the Futue rule. The minute a scrawny guy gets a backbone, he can punch out a guy twice his size in one hit. We also see examples (albiet with scrawnier villains) in both live action Garfields.

You know, violence is generally an okay solution in protecting others against violence. When you have individuals who just use force to push everyone around, it’s good to have someone who will push back.

If comics had soundtracks. the opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra would play over this. Seriously, everyone should try reading this comic with that playing at the same time. It even has a matching line for each crescendo.

Personally, I’m enjoying Howard’s eyebrows in the last panel. He was so totally surprised by Danny standing up for anyone, least of all him, that they’ve totally crawled into his hair to hide themselves.